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Writing on the same group, Nicky Stockman said: “It’s not just theft; it’s vandalism of the town’s dedication to a WWI VC recipient.”

A ceremony was held today (November 28) to remember George Clare, a Chatteris man who was killed exactly 100 years ago in World War One.

Pte Clare, born in 1889, was a stretcher-bearer with the 5th Royal Lancers and was awarded the Victoria Cross for saving other soldiers’ lives on the front line in the Battle of Cambrai.

He was later killed by a shell in the same battle.

People in the town gathered at the corner of Clare Street and Huntingdon Road this morning, where a blue plaque was unveiled.

A parade then advanced to the war memorial, where a Victoria Cross paving stone was recently laid bearing George Clare’s name.

Anyone with information regarding the theft of the flag can contact police on march.npt@cambs.pnn.police.uk.

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